Bizarre story behind GoT star’s audition

Bizarre story behind GoT star’s audition

Sophie Turner became a Hollywood A-lister - and a millionaire - playing Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones.

But the role that changed her life only came about after she decided to audition as a joke with her school friends.

In a video for Vogue Paris, Turner, 23, admitted she didn't even tell her parents she'd tried out for the lead role in the HBO series.

The actress as Sansa Stark. Picture: Supplied

In a filmed conversation with actress Jessica Chastain, Turner explained the casting director had visited different schools and invited students to audition - so the young teenager and her friends did it as a "fun, kind of jokey thing to do".

That "joke" soon turned serious as Turner was invited to callback after callback, eventually becoming one of just seven contenders to play the eldest Stark daughter.